Pombined spool and work holder



(No Model.)

A. W. MITCHELL. COMBINED SPOOL AND WORK HOLDER.

No. 416,176. A Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADIN \V. MITCHELL, OF DIALTON, OHIO.

,COM-BINED SPOOL AND WORK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,176, dated December 3, 1889. Application filed July 17, 1889. Serial No. 317,812. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ADIN XV. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dialton, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Spool and Crochet Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a new improved article of manufacture, consisting of a combined spool-holder, crochet-holder, and sup porting-pin, whereby a person crocheting may conveniently support and have at hand the spool containing the thread, may support the work as itis crocheted, and prevent it from becoming entangled, falling to the floor, and otherwise inconveniencing the worker, and may readily attach and detach the combined device to and from a convenient part of the clothing, as will hereinafter be more I fully pointed out and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved device entire in connection with the part of the clothing from which is suspended a spool of thread and a piece of crochet-work; Fig. 2, a detail side elevation of the device; Fig. 3, an end view thereof with the crochet-work removed, and Fig. 41 a perspective view of the device en tire.

The letter A designates a piece of wire bent to form a rectangular frame, with the ends of the wire turned, the one upward and the other downward, as seen at B, to constitute interlockinghooks. The lower wire may or may not be turned, as it will engage with the upright end piece whether so turned or not. These hooks are disengaged when it is desired to place and remove a spool on and from the holder.

The device further consists of a distinct and separately constructed pin and pinframe, preferably formed of a single piece of wire, hooked at C, coiled at D around the spool-frame and at E around itself, whence it is carried alongside of the upper bar of the spool-frame and again coiled around itself at F and around the said upper bar, as at G, whence it runs upward and then back to the hook at C, constituting a pin proper H. Within the eye or bend G, or otherwise suitably secured to the spool-frame or pin-frame, i5

is a crochet-support I. This support preferably consists of a single piece of wire, hooked at J, run through the eye Gr, thence extended a suitable distance andcurved at K and carried back to and past the hook J, to consti- 6o tutc a prong L. The eyes Cr and D admit of a movement of the spool-frame independent of the pin-frame, whereby the pin is not worked or moved in goods of the garment with which it is engaged when the spoolof three essential partsa spool-frame, a pinframe, and a crochet support or holder-all suitably connected together, and each made by preference of a single piece of wire. This simplicity of construction enables the manufacture of each part separately on a machine So of simple construction.

Among the advantages of this device may be mentioned that the crochet-work may be kept clean and neat and conveniently supported out of the Way and from getting tangled while making it, and of avoiding the necessity of having to gather it up andlay it away when the worker is called upon to discontinue crocheting by the innumerable interruptions which occur from time to time; 0

also, the convenience of always having the thread at hand and supported and free from liability to become soiled and tangled. The utility of the device is apparent, and has been confirmed by its popularity and the readiness with which it has been sold.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture,

a combined spool-holder, pin, and crochetsupport, the same consisting of a rectangular frame A, formed of a single piece of wire, the frame being divided at or near one corner,

This is the preferred form of con- 70 with the parts detachably engaged, a pin and pin-frame formed of a single piece of wire, hooked at O, coiled at D and E, F and G, and a crochet-support I, engaged with the coil G, composed of a single piece of wire, hooked at J, curved at K, and formed at L into prongs.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a combined spool-holder, pin, and crochetholder, the same consisting of a rectangular frame formed of a single piece of Wire and divided near one corner, with the parts detachably engaged, a pin-frame composed of a single piece of wire having eyes bent around the rectangular frame and a part composing the pin proper, and a crochet-support composed of a single piece of Wire and engaged with the spool-ho1der and bent to form a loop to support the crochet, a pin proper, and a hook for the pin.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

ADI'N W. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

MARY JENKINS, WM. JENKINS. 

